Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-04-27
The President.

Not since Mr.. Fillmore directed the Gov
eminent, has there been an administration
which did or could embrace the opportunity
for accomplishing greater objects in con-
Quoting our national affairs, than has
characterized that of President Cleveland.
The universal testimony which has spoken
out, after rigid scrutiny of every prominent
action he has taken, and of the propriety OF
the measures he has recommended, and OF
his general course in the high office he fills,
declares him equal to the test of all previous
examples. The confidence Of the people is
reposed in him in more than partisan
sense. With the exception of the aspirants
for Office in the opposition and their follow
ing, there are none left to complain or to
ask change Of administration. The execu-
tive powers of the Government were
pooled mass in schemes for partisan and
personal gain when he was called to the
helm. To eliminate the good from the
bad and steadily direct the machinery OF
Government in all it's ramfications, so as
not to derange it to the hurt of the people,
was really the work of more time than has
been employed in its execution. But above
all this, and more important, too, to the
best interests Of the country has been the
result of his efforts to destroy sectional
feeling and to infuse throughout the land
the sentiments and Influences Of fraternal
unity. He found the Government and it's
powers sectional in aims and actions. He
has made them national in the fullest
sense. Prejudice has yielded to liberal and
enlightened views. Equal privileges are
again accorded to the citizens who were de-
MED them, though bearing full RESPONSE
bilities. He was called by the Democratic
party to WELD the powers of the Govern
ment for the progress and development of
the country to destroy sectionalism in the
administration, and to recognize the rights
and interests of all the people in every part
of the land to participation in it's bene-
fits at home and abroad. This he has
done. He has accomplished it in full
measure. Many who have been bound by
party lines are breaking over and prefer to
continue an administration which takes as
its motto, and truthfully llustrates-''that
public Office is public trust
All manner of ruin, it was predicted,
would fall upon the country, should Mr..
Blaine be debarred from the succession and
the Republican party refused a new lease
of power to fatten its hordes of plunderers
and it's greedy Office holders, and to have
the continued opportunity of increasing the
mammoth fortunes of its monopoly leaders.
To all this cry, and the dismal wailing OF
the office-holders who snuf'ed defeat in the
atmosphere, the people turned deaf ear,
and welcomed Mr.. Cleveland and bis truly
national administration, and they have
realized the fulfillment of every promise
made by him. They will be good witnesses
and will be apt by large majorities to spice
their testimony with something of ven-
geance, when they recall to mind the
wicked forebedings that resounded through
the land in 1884. Two years of Mr.. Cleve.
lands rule have expired, and no ruin is
visible. On the contrary, the country is
progressing steadily, and the South especi
ally is growing superior to the predicted
doom for its continued adherence to Demo.
cratic measures.